plural streamers
1
b
: any long narrow wavy strip resembling or suggesting a banner floating in the wind
c
2
: one that streams digital data (see stream entry 2 sense transitive 3)
The rub, of course, is that music streaming isn't a terribly profitable business, due mostly to the royalties streamers must pay to labels and artists.—
Dan Gallagher
Dan GallagherThe app's audience peaked at 2.4 million concurrent streamers…—Yoree Koh
Yoree Koh3
a
: a long extension of the solar corona visible only during a total solar eclipse
b
Examples of streamer in a Sentence
streamers in the team's colors hung from the top of the stadium
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The streamer has renewed the show for another season, which will be the fourth since Evolution was added to its title upon its revival at Paramount+ and the 19th for the series as a whole, including its long run on CBS.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
On the reality side, the streamer unveils two new competition series - Million Dollar Secret and Temptation Island, a revival of the beloved dating show that premiered on Fox in 2001.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The new Turkish streamer will leverage BluTV’s local standing and combine it with a richer content lineup combining global hits from HBO and Max Originals, alongside BluTV’s Turkish originals.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
The streamer relented after being invited to the Oscars, and paid her way in the end.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
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Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
On the reality side, the streamer unveils two new competition series - Million Dollar Secret and Temptation Island, a revival of the beloved dating show that premiered on Fox in 2001.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The new Turkish streamer will leverage BluTV’s local standing and combine it with a richer content lineup combining global hits from HBO and Max Originals, alongside BluTV’s Turkish originals.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
The streamer relented after being invited to the Oscars, and paid her way in the end.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Streamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streamer. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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streamer
noun
stream·er
ˈstrē-mər 
1
a
: a flag that streams in the wind
especially
: pennant sense 1
b
: a long narrow wavy strip suggesting a banner floating in the wind
2
plural
: aurora borealis
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